Samsung Electronics Considers Raising Its Annual Dividend
December 19 2014 - 3:21AM
Dow Jones News
By In-Soo Nam
SEOUL--Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday said it is considering
raising its annual dividend payout for this year by 30% to 50%
compared with the year earlier.
A final decision will be made at the company's board meeting in
January and annual general meeting in March, the world's largest
semiconductor and smartphone company by revenue said in a
regulatory filing.
Early this year, Samsung said it would significantly increase
dividend payouts this year, but in July it kept its interim
dividend unchanged from 2013.
Samsung's dividend yield, which measures a company's annual
dividend in relation to its share price, is around 1.2%--about half
that of peers such as Intel Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co.
Write to In-Soo Nam at in-soo.nam@wsj.com
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